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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Title 5, Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions of the Long Beach Municipal Code, by adding Chapter 5.77, related to short-term rentals, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading;
DISCUSSION
At its meeting on December 4, 2018, the City Council received and filed a report on short-term rental (STR) properties in Long Beach and directed the City Attorney to prepare an Ordinance to implement certain regulations, presented as Option 2 (Limited STRs), as modified during the discussion. The City Council approved the Limited STRs recommendation with amendments, with the condition of additional research and information. The additional research and information were provided to the City Council via memorandum on June 14, 2019 (Attachment A). Staff from the Development Services Department and the City Attorney’s Office have reached out to third-party compliance platforms and other municipalities that have implemented STR regulation to draft the attached Ordinance based on the findings.
Components of the Limited STRs option have been revised from their original form as follows:
a) Permanent Long Beach residency will not be required to operate a STR.
b) The number of non-primary STRs in multi-family buildings will be restricted based on a sliding scale.
c) Rather than prohibiting large scale events, they will be allowed on a limited basis via a new STR Occasional Event Permit.
d) A first violation for advertising a STR without a valid registration will be a warning instead of a fine.
e) A business license will not be required to operate a STR.
On October 21, 2019, the City Council received a report titled Short-Term Rental Program Phased Implementation to provide updated information on the City Council’s direction to carry-out a phased implementation of the STR program (Attachment B).
Key Elements of the Ordinance
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